{
  "edition": "2026-11-07",
  "id": "sendai",
  "locale": "en",
  "url": "https://senroam.com/en/stations/sendai/",
  "name": "Sendai",
  "summary": "On this corridor, Sendai is written 川内. Use those characters when looking up the stop or reading the display.",
  "type": "station",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "akune-train",
      "question": "At Sendai in Kagoshima, which local railway goes towards Akune?",
      "answer": "Take the Hisatsu Orange Railway (肥薩おれんじ鉄道) towards Akune (阿久根). On the station plan, the conventional JR route heads towards Ijūin (伊集院). The station name on the sign is 川内.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/sendaieki_kounaizu20241001.pdf",
        "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "駅別時刻表 · 川内",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=28984",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Dated departures, service names, directions and destinations. Open the time to inspect the stops.",
      "supportJa": "指定日の列車名・方面・行先。時刻を選ぶと停車駅を確認できます。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07",
      "date": "2026-10-24"
    },
    {
      "title": "川内駅構内図",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/sendaieki_kounaizu20241001.pdf",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Station signs, gate names and onward directions shown on page 1.",
      "supportJa": "1ページの駅構内図に示された案内表示、改札口名、方面。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07",
      "date": "2024-10",
      "page": 1
    },
    {
      "title": "駅情報一覧 · 九州新幹線",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Ordered corridor stations, kana and conventional-line station listings.",
      "supportJa": "九州新幹線の駅順、読み、在来線の駅一覧。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07"
    }
  ],
  "detail": "Selected Mizuho trains stop here. For an onward local train, the station plan distinguishes the Hisatsu Orange Railway towards Akune from JR towards Ijūin.",
  "related": [
    "/en/services/mizuho/",
    "/en/services/sakura/",
    "/en/services/tsubame/"
  ],
  "passes": {
    "reviewed": "2026-11-08",
    "connections": [
      {
        "operator": "Hisatsu Orange Railway",
        "kind": "third-sector",
        "passes": {
          "jrp": {
            "status": "not-listed",
            "sources": [
              "https://japanrailpass.net/en/about_jrp/route/"
            ]
          },
          "jrk": {
            "status": "excluded",
            "sources": [
              "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/railpass/railpass.html"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "literature": [],
  "fieldNotes": [
    {
      "label": "wayfinding",
      "text": "Meeting a taxi? Agree on 西口 (west exit) or 東口 (east exit): JR marks taxi ranks on both sides. For a bus, its plan marks the stop at the west exit, beside the plaza labelled つんひろば.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "川内駅構内図",
          "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/sendaieki_kounaizu20241001.pdf",
          "publisher": "JR九州",
          "lang": "ja",
          "page": 1,
          "date": "2024-10",
          "checked": "2026-11-07"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "transfer",
      "text": "JR labels three different gates. For a JR conventional-line connection, follow 新幹線乗換口. To leave the Shinkansen area for the public concourse, look for 新幹線改札口. The conventional-line entrance there is 在来線改札口.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "川内駅構内図",
          "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/sendaieki_kounaizu20241001.pdf",
          "publisher": "JR九州",
          "lang": "ja",
          "page": 1,
          "date": "2024-10",
          "checked": "2026-11-07"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "placeId": "P0011",
  "previous": "izumi",
  "next": "kagoshima-chuo",
  "line": "kyushu-shinkansen",
  "timetable": "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=28984",
  "diagram": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/sendaieki_kounaizu20241001.pdf"
}